Saarbrucken vs Kaiserslautern Prediction & Betting Tips - DFB Pokal

Prediction published on 31/03/2024, 14:45  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 02/04/2024 at 06:45 in DFB Pokal Prediction

Saarbrücken will have the honors of hosting Kaiserslautern in the first semifinal of the DFB Pokal on Tuesday. These sides represent two of the three non-Bundesliga sides still in contention for the German Cup. Saarbrücken who play in 3. Bundesliga, will be justified to feel as favorites against their second-tier opponents. A 4-0 win over Borussia Neunkirchen in the Regional Cup served as the perfect warmup for Saarbrücken ahead of this game. Their league run hasn’t been great this season, as they sit 11th after 29 matches. It is in the German Cup that they found a lot of comfort this season. Each of their last three DFB Pokal matches were against Bundesliga sides. In the most recent one, they dispatched Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1. Before that, they have beaten Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich, dumping them out of the cup. This should thus be an easier opponent, and Saarbrücken are favored by the fixtures, playing a home in all four so far.

Kaiserslautern are struggling in the 2. Bundesliga and will be happy to take a break from league action. They come into this game having beaten Saarbrücken in each of their last three meetings and will hope to ride the same luck. The visitors are however coming here on the back of a 3-1 defeat by other DFB Pokal semifinalists Fortuna Dusseldorf. That marked their second straight winless outing, and second defeat in five matches. It was also the second time in five matches that they conceded three or more goals. In their last eight matches, Kaiserslautern have managed just two wins. It is tougher for them away from home, as they managed just two wins in the last 12. To get to this stage, Kaiserslautern beat Hertha Berlin 3-1 away from home in the quarters. Earlier, they had beaten Nurnberg, Cologne and Rot-Weiß Koblenz.